P 感谢，谢谢，道谢的话 gratefulness

　accept ～s　接受谢意
　bow ～s　鞠躬致谢
　express ～s　表达谢意
　extend ～s　表示感谢
　feel ～s　感谢
　give ～s　感谢
　owe sb's ～s　感谢某人
　present one's ～s　向某人致谢
　render ～s　答谢
　return ～s　答谢
　say ～s　道谢
　wave one's ～s　挥手致谢
　barren ～s　空表谢意
　cordial ～s　衷心的感谢
　devout ～s　恳切的感谢
　earnest ～s　衷心的感谢
　half-hearted ～s　不真诚的感谢
　heartfelt ～s　衷心的感谢
　hearty ～s　衷心的感谢
　many ～s　多谢
　profound ～s　深深的谢意
　sincere ～s　真挚的谢意
　small ～s　不感谢
　warm ～s　热诚的谢意
　a murmur of ～s　低声道谢
　with ～s　感谢地
　～s for　感谢…
　～s to　幸亏，多亏，由于
　no ～s to　并非由于

　Our grateful thanks are due to the police department for their help in the making of this film.　我们由衷感谢警方在制作这部影片的过程中给予我们的帮助。
　They bowed their heads and gave thanks.　他们低下头作感恩祷告。
　The old man gave thanks to me.　那老人向我致谢。
　I don't know how to express my thanks.　我真不知道怎样才能表达我的谢意。
　She did the work without expecting any thanks.　她干这工作并没有指望得到酬谢。
　We received a letter of thanks from them.　我们收到他们的感谢信。

 ♣ no thanks to
　并非由于　not as a result of any benefit conferred by
　〔说明〕 参见thanks to.
　I finished the job on time, no thanks to you.　我按时完成了工作，但我并未沾你的光。
　I am feeling better now, no thanks to you.　我现在觉得好些了，并非由于你的帮助。
　We finally found your house, but no thanks to the policeman who directed us the wrong way.　尽管那位警察给我们指错了路，我们终于还是找到了你的家。
 ♣ thanks for having me〔us〕
　谢谢您的款待　thank you for your hospitality
　I've had a splendid evening and thanks for having me.　我过了一个美好的夜晚，谢谢您的款待。
　Thanks for having us, Joe—we've had a lovely time.　谢谢你的招待，乔——我们玩得很愉快！
 ♣ thanks for nothing
　得了，别瞎起劲　I am not pleased
　You've broken my pen—thanks for nothing, I could have done that myself!　你弄坏了我的笔——得了，我本来自己是能干得了那事的！
　"I can't get that coat cleaned for you by tonight, I'm afraid.""Well, thanks for nothing!"　“恐怕我今晚不能把你的上衣洗好。”“好吧，不用费心了！”
 ♣ thanks to
　幸亏，多亏，由于　owing to; because of
　〔说明〕 thanks to可看作复合介词，其后接名词、名词短语或代词，整个介词短语常在句中作状语，引出一个正面的原因，感情色彩较浓。
　Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning.　幸亏你，我才没有被淹死。
　Thanks to his stepmother he secured a good education.　多亏他的继母，他受到了良好的教育。
　Thanks to their joint help, we have enlarged the production of optical instruments.　多亏他们的全力帮助，我们才扩大了光学仪器生产。
　Thanks to John we arrived three hours late.　我们迟到了3小时，这都怪约翰。

 ♣ thanks, thank you
　这两者都可表示“谢谢你”。其区别是：thank you用于比较郑重的场合；thanks (n.)用于比较随便的场合，语气较轻。

　［同义词］ acknowledgement, appreciation, credit, gratitude, recognition